Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II

by Matthew Black

Maranzano had tried to live like Julius Caesar, so Luciano’s board of directors ordered that he die like the Roman dictator. Two of the hit men began stabbing him repeatedly.

A pardon from Governor Dewey? Luciano wasn’t excited about that, especially because they had already tried to bribe him into giving him one.